Study Groups

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Study Groups

• Jolaine Farage, Director
• OASIS
• In this desert town there is an OASIS.

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Why have a study group??

• Helpful when you are trying to learn
  information and concepts and preparing for class
  discussions and tests.

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Benefits of a Study Group

• Support, motivation, encouragement
• Comfortable place to ask questions
• More apt to study because of commitment to others
• Can listen and discuss information and strengthen
  learning experience

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Benefits continued..

• May find ways to understand that you would not
  consider
• Learn new study habits
• Compare notes to clarify and fill in
• Others explanations will help reinforce your
  mastery of information and concepts
• Makes studying less boring

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Getting a Study Group Started

• Dont wait for a group to happen, create your own
  by
• Get to know classmates.
• Do they understand the subject?
• Are they dependable?
• Can they listen to others?
• Is the person as motivated as you are?

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Basics of a Study Group

• Three to five people
• Meet 2-3 time per week
• Sessions should be 60-90 minutes
• Know where you will meet
• Define goals of group (content)
• Create an e-mail and/or phone list

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Basics continued

• Who will lead the session (same or rotating)
• Create an agenda and responsibilities of each
  member

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Ground Rules to Success

• Be on time
• Be respectful of others ideas and beliefs
• Be prepared
• Each member contributes to discussions
• Be prepared to work
• Be open to learning, being wrong, making yourself
  understood

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Ground Rules continued.

• Stay on task/agenda
• Feel free to ask questions of each other
• End session with update of agenda for next
  session
• Maintain a positive attitude that we can do this
  together

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Here are some cautions

• Stay on agenda and goals
• This is not a social group
• Members must be prepared and do fair share
• This is not a time to be negative about teachers
  and courses
• One person should not dominate, have equal
  opportunity

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OASIS

• Office of Academic Services and Institutional
  Support
• Jolaine Farage
• Director of OASIS
• Student Services
• 777-4769
• Jolaine.farage_at_tun.touro.edu